Alaska Gets HAARP Project
Rich Winkel
** Topic: Alaska Gets HAARP Project **
** Written 11:32 am Apr 7, 1994 by newsdesk in cdp:headlines **
From: George Gundrey - IGC News Desk <newsdesk>
/* Written 8:53 pm Apr 5, 1994 by czic...@igc.apc.org in igc:env.alaska */
/* ---------- "Alaska Gets HAARP Project" ---------- */
NO HAARP Contact: Clare Zickuhr
5316 Shorecrest Drive
Anchorage, AK 99515
voice 907/248-8189
fax 907/248-2283
ECONET czic...@igc.apc.org
HAARP stands for High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program,
a project which will build world's largest high frequency (radio)
transmitter. It is already under construction through a
Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research contract with
ARCO Power Technologies, Inc. near Gakona, Alaska. This project
has nothing to do with musical instruments or the natural aurora.
The information presented below is entirely from HAARP documents.
Explanatory additions are enclosed in braces{}.
""The HAARP is to ultimately have a HF {High Frequency} heater
with an ERP {Effective Radiated Power} well above 1 gigawatt
{1,000,000,000 watts} (on the order of 95-100 dBW); in short, the
most powerful facility in the world for conducting ionospheric
modification research."" excerpt from contract specification
no. SS-HAARP-02 dated 3/2/90, section 4.1.1
""The Soviets, operating at higher powers than the West, now have
claimed significant stimulated ionization by electron-impact
ionization. The claim is that HF energy, via wave-particle
interaction, accelerates ionospheric electrons to energies well
in excess of 20 electron volts (eV) so that they will ionize
neutral atmospheric particles with which they collide. Given
that the Soviet HF facilities are several times more powerful
than the Western facilities at comparable mid-latitudes, and
given that the latter appear to be on a threshold of a new "wave-
particle" regime of phenomena, it is believed that the Soviets
have crossed that threshold and are exploring a regime of
phenomena still unavailable for study or application in the
West."" excerpt from contract specification no. SS-HAARP-02
dated 3/2/90, section 3.1
""From a DoD {Department of Defense} point of view, however, the
most exiting and challenging aspect of ionospheric enhancement is
its potential to control {control is underlined} ionospheric
processes in such a way as to greatly improve performance of C3
{a military abbreviation for Command, Communication and Control}
systems (or, to deny accessibility to an adversary)."" excerpt
from contract specification no. SS-HAARP-02 dated 3/2/90, section
1
""A key goal of the program {HAARP} is the identification and
investigation of those ionospheric processes and phenomena that
can be exploited for DoD purposes, such as outlined below.
Generation of {Extremely Low Frequency} ELF waves ... to
provide communications to deeply submerged submarines. ..
Geophysical probing to identify and characterize natural
ionospheric processes ... so that techniques can be
developed to mitigate or control them.
Generation of ionospheric lenses to focus large amounts
of HF energy ... thus providing a means for triggering
ionospheric processes that potentially could be exploited
for DoD purposes.
Electron acceleration for the generation of IR (infra
red) and other optical emissions ... that could be used
to control radio wave propagation properties.
Generation of geomagnetic-field aligned ionization to
to control the reflection/scattering properties of radio
waves.
Oblique heating to produce effects on radio wave prop-
agation at great distances from the heater, thus
broadening the potential military applications of
ionospheric enhancement technology.
Generation of ionization layers below 90 km to provide
radio wave reflectors ("mirrors") which can be exploited
for long range, over-the-horizon, HF/VHF/UHF surveillance
purposes .... ""
excerpt from contract specification no. SS-HAARP-02 dated 3/2/90,
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
""Although HAARP is being managed by the Air Force and Navy, it is
a purely scientific research facility which represents no threat
to potential adversaries and would therefore have no value as a
military target."" excerpt from HAARP FACT SHEET dated 11/4/93,
page 2
""Electromagnetic systems that could be affected by HAARP
operations at either of the sites could include high-frequency
communications, FM radio, mobile VHF radios, wildlife trackers,
citizen band radios, hand held transceivers,UHF communications
equipment, VHF radio telephone systems and television."" excerpt
from HAARP Record of Decision, Final Environmental Impact
Statement dated 10/18/93, page 14
{note the above Final EIS date is well after the contract was
awarded to ARCO Power Technologies, Inc.}
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